Wiggs Nerf Callers got their wish

"RealHanSolo;69571" wrote:
Seriously for anyone who complained about Wiggs, that team is gone now. It was already 90% EP teams before but with this new intro EP/Vader/RG/Shoretrooper/Tie Pilot will be the only team in the arena.

Since you haven't figured it out yet.....

You are going to need 3-4 (or more!) arena squads in order to climb. Meta will not be Empire, Rebels, Droids, Clones or any one basic team.

The Meta (at least on my server) has already changed to having multiple squads to climb. With the release or rework of every new toon, this becomes more and more apparent.

"Josh_K;692127" wrote:
The Rogue One train has only really started rolling in. Surely this will be a rebel/empire see-saw experience over the next 3 months. Pick a side and buckle down.

http://www.roguetrain.com/images/RT%20website%20splash.jpeg

-giggles and slips back into the shadows-

I would much rather devs counter a team by introducing a new team, instead of changing individual toons' abilities.

Given the (debatable) assumption that Wiggs is a problem, they're going about dealing with it exactly the right way. So give the theorycraft complaints a rest.

I, for one, am much more concerned about the power rating creep suddenly messing with arena and GW matchmaking.

"Olle;692004" wrote:
I'm pretty sure people who wanted nerfs were asking for balance. This is the opposite or balance.

People who asks for nerfs often just want their toons to be the strong ones.

"LastJedi;692145" wrote:

"Tactyou;692136" wrote:
Crit damage vs debuffs. Pick your side...

Hmmm.... yeah, um, I'll take Rex.

Crit damage is worthless when shoretrooper gives critical immunity.

Shore trooper will help with the lando / wiggs and even droid craziness but that's only if he gets his special off. He could well be dead or ability blocked. I don't see this being OP or a real issue.

"RAYRAY;692430" wrote:
Has anyone thought that perhaps the devs know that Wiggs is a little out of hand, they planned it this way only so they could release a suitable counter in shoretrooper that will force people to continue to chase and spend? I would bet that shoretrooper was planned long before the Wiggs Synergy became a problem because they planned it to happen that way. Shoretrooper won't necessarily be behind a paywall but you will have to win to get him.

Lol

He's going to be behind the biggest pay wall the game has ever seen. You can only get his shards by getting 'top rank' (via pvp datamine) and to do that in the new tourney, you'll likely have to pay an obscene amount of crystals on refreshes to stay on top. You can't just pay a bit to get him, you have to pay for better toons, better mods, and more refreshes than 1000s of others trying to do the exact same.

"Brown89;692900" wrote:
Shore trooper will help with the lando / wiggs and even droid craziness but that's only if he gets his special off. He could well be dead or ability blocked. I don't see this being OP or a real issue.

The kit sounds great and won't know till get to use him, however I am not sure he will live thru
Han shoot first and stun
Wiggs triple attack
Wedge AoE
Lando AoE

"scuba;692924" wrote:

"Brown89;692900" wrote:
Shore trooper will help with the lando / wiggs and even droid craziness but that's only if he gets his special off. He could well be dead or ability blocked. I don't see this being OP or a real issue.

The kit sounds great and won't know till get to use him, however I am not sure he will live thru
Han shoot first and stun
Wiggs triple attack
Wedge AoE
Lando AoE

Han stunning Shore won't help because he auto taunts anyways at the start of a battle. Just like how stunning RG doesn't prevent his taunt.

Now if they gave Han a stun AND buff immunity to start, then that would be a different story...

"benacrow;692931" wrote:

"scuba;692924" wrote:

"Brown89;692900" wrote:
Shore trooper will help with the lando / wiggs and even droid craziness but that's only if he gets his special off. He could well be dead or ability blocked. I don't see this being OP or a real issue.

The kit sounds great and won't know till get to use him, however I am not sure he will live thru
Han shoot first and stun
Wiggs triple attack
Wedge AoE
Lando AoE

Han stunning Shore won't help because he auto taunts anyways at the start of a battle. Just like how stunning RG doesn't prevent his taunt.

Now if they gave Han a stun AND buff immunity to start, then that would be a different story...

Wasn't really referring to the stun itself but, It will help because now shore has to go 2 turns before he can apply crit immunity to his team.

I was however referring to the damage done.
Vs wiggs with Han solo, wiggs triple tap and Han solo shoot first will be directed at Shoretrooper. Following up with wedge AoE and/or Lando AoE I don't think Shoretrooper will live thru it.